Cattle Outlook Turns Grim At Tipton Farmers Institute
Beaf cattle outlook at Tipton's annual Farmers Institute painted a bleak picture as government demand and war-time policies push prices up while civilian demand wanes. H. M. Conway and A. B. Smeby warned margins will tighten, urging cautious buying and rasping herd reductions. Industry figures, including J. Q. Corbett and Frank Love, noted shifts in subsidies and slaughter trends amid Vinson directives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Conn
Tipton
Farmers Institute
Vocational Agriculture Department
Tipton High School
WFA
H. M. Conway
National Livestock Producers Assocation of
Chicago
CPA
Hitler
Conway
Love
Packet
Misprinted Linn County corn growers engraving reversed
The Gazette notes the engraving of Linn county master corn growers was reversed and identification should read from right to left instead of left to right.
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Linn County
U S Ability To Feed World Is Questioned
Dr Anton J Carlson of the Army Quartermaster Corps warns the postwar world faces limited U S grain capacity. He cites wasteful domestic habits and the need to rebuild agriculture abroad while weighing policy limits on free food to starving nations and the shift to livestock feed and plastics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Claire Cox
Chicago
Anton J. Carlson
Army Quartermaster Corps
Carlson
American Society For the Advancement of Science
University of Chicago
Winners Named in Dairy Essay Contest
Winners of a dairy essay contest, sponsored by six state dairy breed associations the Iowa State Dairy association and radio station WMT farm department, were announced Thursday. Prizes included purebred dairy heifers for six entrants and $25 war bonds for seven entrants, with judges Ed Estes Paul Brasch and A. R. Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Dairy Association
WMT Farm Department
Kenneth Heide
Cresco
Ayrshire
George Auer
Elkader
Nancy Redfern
Donnellson
Guernsey
Ray Mitchell
Monona
Holstein
William Heath
Hazleton
Jersey
Donald Campbell
Town Falls
Donald Funk
Waterloo
House Passes Bill for Farm Census Funds
Washington Republicans oppose spending on a five year census of farm goods while Democrats push through a $6.784 million increase to reach a total of $14.684 million. The measure links farm data gathering to wartime planning and postwar programs.
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Washington
House
New Law Protects Wheat Cotton and Peanut Allotments
Washington AP report says a House bill protects farmers who switch to war crops from losing acreage allotments for wheat, cotton, or peanuts. It amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, enabling 1942 allotment farms to be treated as planted if a war crop is grown this year.
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Washington
House
Senate
Agriculture Secretary
Volga Creamery Holds Annual Meet
Volga City delegates re elected William J Ehrhardt as president Joe E Winkler as vice president Frank L OBrien as treasurer and Mrs Lera Robinson as secretary Adolph Elvers and Harold Buebsch are elected to the board to replace retiring August Druecker and Charles E Puffett Holdover directors remain on the Volga Farmers Creamery association board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volga City
Volga Farmers Creamery Association
William J. Ehrhardt
Joe E. Winkler
Frank L. O'Brien
Lera Robinson
Adolph Elvers
Harold Buebsch
August Druecker
Charles E. Puffett
Dairy meeting notes show butter output and prices
George Oldfather Ernest T. Smith and E. S. Clark presided as Fred P. Gernand ran the plant with E. E. Walters and Thomas G. Borden. The annual report lists total butter production 513,317 pounds from 412,565 pounds butterfat with a 24.4 percent overrun. Butterfat price averaged 56.25 cents per pound. Speaker was B. W. Patsey Maynard state dairy inspector.
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George Oldfather
Ernest T. Smith
E. S. Clark
Fred P. Gernand
E. E. Walters
Thomas G. Borden
B. W. Patsey
Maynard
Top Gilt Brings 350 Dollars at Manuel Hampshire Sale
CENTER JUNCTION Four miles southwest of here on Wednesday the top price in the H G Manuel and son Hampshire sale was 350 dollars paid by Parkfield farm of Toluca Illinois for a March gift from a litter of 16 bred to Foresight top selling boar in the Robert Buelow sale last fall The 64 head averaged slightly over 107 dollars per head with sales to breeders in Minnesota Wisconsin Missouri Illinois and Ohio as well as many Iowa breeders and farmers Auctioneer was Tom Sherlock of Williamsburg a well known live stock fieldman
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Center Junction
H. G. Manuel and Son Hampshire
Here
Parkfield Farm
Toluca
Ill
Robert Buelow
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Ilinois
Ohio
Iowa
Tom Sherlock
Williamsburg
Hereford Cattle Sale Sets Price High at $252.50
Elkader sale of forty eight purebred Hereford cattle at Joel Clark farm saw highest bid of 252.50 for a cow bought by Grand View Farms Muscatine. Clark, Clayton county Farm Bureau president, plans to move to Elkader March 1 after selling one farm.
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Elkader
Joel Clark
Grand View Farms
Muscatine
Clark
Clayton County Farm Bureau
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Martelle
Floyd Richardson
Ryan
Amos Leguire
Mt. Vernon
Alfred Drexler
Central City
Earl Smith
Lisbon
Frank Stadler
Mount Vernon
W. E. Powers
Alburnett
Horace Thompson
Vinton
Harlan Reeder
Wesley Zach
Swisher
John Strosahl
Anamosa
Fred Butschi
Coggan
James J. Stadler
Chelsea
Macheck & Klinger
Cedar Rapids
I. R. Drake
Marion
Chas, Grovert
Gerhard Werndt
Clarence
Leona Kirk
Frank Love
Wilson
Texas
J. Q. Corbett
Breckenridge
Texan
A. B. Smeby
Washington, D. C
War Food Administration
Howard Hill
Minburn
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
M. L. Peterson
Iowa State College
Bill Allen
Rock Island
H. C. Scrivner
Wellman
W. R. Whitfield
Ames
J Morris Christy
B. Smeby
D. E. Brickley
Lee Bebee
Champlin
Triple A
Marshalltown
Leander
Eep
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Dupont School
Amana Gravel Road
Wereford
John Deere
Massey Warris
McCormick-Deering
Allis Chalmers
Mike News I
Deering
Emerson
Concord
Windsor
George E
Riverside
Tare Dial
14Th Ave
AC Trinds Welders
Rod
E. Cohn & Sons
9Th Ave
3Rd ST
J. C. Landenberger
Optometrist
Third’ Street
The
Wm. A. Albrecht
University of Missouri
Swift & Company
Illinois
ST Aay
Volga Creamery
Oliver Kinzie
Cushing
Oklahoma
Future Farmers of America
Dick Fisher
United States
Americas
Martha Logan
George Washington
U.S.A
Dept
Yours
Manuel Hampshire
Sixteenth Ave
Third Ave. SW
Delrich Margarine
Fifth Ave
BACON
EM. Simpson
Agricultural Research Department
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